Watching tonight for the first time in a while.
It’s improved somewhat but could really do with a studio audience. Blatantly obvious it’s canned when you get applause at the start, the ad breaks, and when the scores are mentioned, but whenever a joke is made you only hear the panelists laughing.
And you’ve got comedians on - drop a game or two and give them some space to do what they do.
I really they should have had two teams of two players like the British version. So much humour comes out of two players trying to work together and often failing to do so.
Are they just rotating the same people over and over again. I feel like I’ve seen Adam Richard and Merrick Watts on almost all the episodes. If this gets renewed I hope they can get some other comedians onboard to play this. The likes of Kitty Flanagan, Mick Molloy and Marty Sheargold would be hilarious on this. The current mix that they have resorted to is very boring.
EDIT: On second thoughts, was this filmed along with the first season late last year? Probably explains why they couldn’t get any Melbourne comedians in as they were still locked down.
Merrick certainly seems to be there fairly often, but presumably travel restrictions at the time of filming limited their options, as you’ve said.
They could’ve just leant further into the cats does countdown format and had teams, so you’d have an excuse for having the same guests every other week
The contestants are listed each week in the SBS Guide if you want to check back episodes.
This Saturday is the season 2 finale of Celebrity Letters and Numbers.
Season 3 of Celebrity Letters and Numbers began filming in Sydney this afternoon. According to That’s the Ticket website, the show will be recorded at NEP Studios in Eveleigh on these dates:
How does it rate compared to the original one from years ago?
Hopefully the new season means new guests and also some new segments akin to 8O10CDC. Kind of sick and tired of seeing Carlo Ritchie, Adam Richard and Merrick Watts on almost every episode in the last two seasons.
They should listen to the feedback and switch to the 8 out of 10 Cats format of two teams of two, even if that means ditching the DC guest to switch them to being a competitor. And that way you can have two captains who appear on every episode.
Monday 26 September 7:35 pm
Hosted by Michael Hing, each week three celebrity contestants compete in a hilarious version of the classic show ‘Letters and Numbers’. Featuring wordsmith David Astle in Dictionary Corner offering endless nuggets of wisdom that you never knew you didn’t know! Over at the board, numbers expert Lily Serna explains mathematical techniques in a way that makes complete sense.
Also featuring a special guest each week in Dictionary Corner, assisting David and providing their own brand of knowledge in a dedicated segment. The compulsive play along letters and numbers games are back with the all-important conundrum buzzer round to crown the winning celebrity.
Episode 1: Michael, David and Lily are joined by celebrity contestants Dave Thornton, Alex Lee, Luke McGregor and special Dictionary Corner guest Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall.
First time the celebrity version airs on a weeknight. Maybe it can lift SBS’ paltry Monday ratings.
Glad that the show is returning. But it looks like it will be three teams of one again. Should have been two teams of duos. So they can banter more with each other.
The show didn’t really do that well on Saturday nights, so glad its been moved to Monday nights.
Still got the funsize lettersboard too.
I still have episodes of season 2 recorded which I haven’t watched. It became very tedious after a while.
This definitely is part of the problem. The dynamics are different with two teams of two.
The premiere has been pushed back due to the bump on effect on next Monday’s funeral coverage.
Season 3 will now start on Monday, October 3 at 7.30pm.
Episode 2: 10 October 7:30 PM
Celebrity contestants Mark Humphries, Jenny Tian, Matt Okine and special Dictionary Corner guest Cal Wilson.
Promo for tonight’s premiere
Can’t they find a thicker marker for Lily to use so we can actually see the Maths on the whiteboard?
